07-11-2003, 10:08 AM
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Bush "re-stating" earnings
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?nav=hptop_ts
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The Clinton double standard is really starting to irk liberal commentators.
Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen compares Bush to a CEO who has to keep "restating" corporate profits:
"The president recently restated some of the reasons for invading Iraq. Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons program, which Bush told the world was being 'reconstituted,' may in fact not exist. The White House the other day restated its earlier insistence that Iraq had tried to buy uranium from the West African nation of Niger. It turned out that the supporting documents had been forged. The White House admitted that in a press release left behind after Bush had departed for Africa.
"Similarly, the accusation that Iraq was buying high-strength aluminum tubes, which Bush said were 'used to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons,' has to be restated. The tubes appear to have been bought for another purpose entirely and may not be high-strength after all.
"As for the charge that Iraq was bristling with other weapons of mass destruction, none have yet been found, raising the distinct possibility that -- in an upcoming quarter -- this too will be restated and the Bush administration will take a one-time charge against future credibility. . . .
"Almost everything has been restated. During the campaign, Bush said he would not go in for peacekeeping operations abroad. He appears ready to do so in Liberia. He also said he would not get engaged, as did the previous CEO, Bill Clinton, in the nitty-gritty of Middle East peace negotiation. The administration is now choosing intersections in Gaza for traffic lights."
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